This is as much a drawing class as it is a creative thinking class! Both are very important skills.

In this class we will play 5 or MORE timed drawing games! Each game is timed to be between 2-5 min each, so we only have a few minutes per drawing. This encourages quick thinking, simple drawings, and this means that we can fit lots of drawing into a single class. Woohoo! 

Learners will start their drawings when the timer starts and end when the timer goes off. I will be drawing too but my drawings will be done off camera so that I don't influence anyone's creative ideas. When the time is up, we will share our work by holding the paper up to camera. I recommend drawing with a dark drawing tool like a dark pencil or a pen so art shows up on camera easily. Learners can also post their drawings to the classroom after class is over. 

Before each game I will do an example to show how it works. After a quick explanation we will start! This class moves quickly so learners who need to take a washroom break may miss a game. I ask that everyone be on time and come ready to draw! 

Here are the different games we will be playing in class. 

1) Finish this: We start with a random shape we all turn it into a drawing. We will likely play this game a few times. 

2) Draw that Dino: Randomly selected prehistoric animals and we draw what we think it may look like.

3) Cartoon storytelling challenge:  I pick some words and we all draw a visual story using the prompts.

4) Draw the word: Draw ____ as many ways as you can.

Every classes games will be exactly the same, but the game prompts will be unique and mostly learner generated. This means that no 2 classes will ever be exactly the same even though the games are the same. Learners who choose to enrol multiple times will get to play the same games but with totally new prompts so each class experience will be different, creatively. 

This is a fun class for all ages. 
No drawing skills are required, but more experienced artists will likely have more success with the games. That being said, learner with no art experience can totally succeed at these games because the creativity part is just as important as the drawing part.